240 Occasional Papers Bernice P. Bishop Museum 
We took down the stones of this ahu in such a manner as 
to be able to restore them. ‘To our surprise, we found the base 
approximately a rectangle, 64 feet on the north and south, 5 feet 
on the east, and 5% feet on the west. It rests on a flat surface 
produced by digging into the side of the crater. Excavation for 
a depth of about two feet under the south end of the ahu brought 
FIGURE 2. Sketch of the ahu in the Crater of Kamoa o Pele showing 
manner of burial. 
into relief the remains of a body placed face downward, lying 
southeast and northwest, the head under the south edge of the 
ahu (fig. 2). The body had been buried grasshopper fashion, the 
hands were on the back and the legs, bent at the knee, lay along- 
side the ribs. Two sticks of mamani wood, three inches in diam- 
eter and longer than the remains, were above, one on either side 
of the skeleton. They suggested a stretcher by which the body had 
been borne to this isolated grave. Near the hand were a few 
pieces of decayed calabash. The skull and jawbone were in good 
condition, the teeth almost perfect, and all present except the right 
canine and the premolar, which had been lost during life. The 
bones of the lower part of the body were much less well preserved. 
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